textile {slgf}

Textile data on breaking strength by starch type and chip thickness

Description

Furry (1939) analyzes the breaking strength of a starch chip as a function of the chip’s thickness (measured in 10^-4 inches) and the type of plant from which the starch was derived (corn, canna, or potato).

Usage

data(textile)

Format

A data frame with 49 rows and 3 variables:

strength

the response, the breaking strength.

film

the chip's film thickness, measured in 10^-4 inches.

starch

the chip's starch component: canna, corn, or potato

References

Furry MS (1939). “Breaking strength, elongation and folding endurance of films of starches and gelatin used in sizing.” Technical Bulletin (United States Department of Agriculture), 674, 1-36.